English
enation
Enation comes from Latin enatus ‘sprouted or sprung forth, having sprouted or…’, from nāscor ‘to be born, begotten’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born, begotten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnāscor‘spring forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEenatus‘sprouted or sprung forth, having sprouted or sprung forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965enation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born, begotten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnāscor‘spring forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEenatus‘sprouted or sprung forth, having sprouted or sprung forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965enation
Earliest quotation: 1965, Albert Julius Winkler, General Viticulture: “Enation is characterized by the formation of very small,…”
Formed from -ion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, general, king, german, engine, gender, genuine, genius, gene, oxygen, indigenous, gentle, genre, ken, hydrogen, genocide, kin, noel, naive, genus, genital, germ, nationalism, ingenious, nada, naïve, puny, gentile, nativity, gens, glycogen, gingerly, janata, genial, jaunty, genteel, azadi, cognate, genitive, nomen, 107 more
through Latin nāscor ‘to be born, begotten’
nature, pregnant, native, nee, innate, natal, nascent, renate, 9 more
Today it means
noun A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / enation